The National Science Foundation awarded $36 million in grants for cybersecurity research projects to protect computer operations and critical infrastructure networks.
Gateway Inc. has won a six-month, $25 million contract from the state of New York to provide computers to state agencies, local governments and political offices
MTC Technologies Inc. won a five-year, $10 million prime contract to provide maintenance and technical support to the Air Force Technical Applications Center.
The top 10 companies of Washington Technology's 2005 Top 100 list of federal prime contractors were recognized at a luncheon July 14 at the McLean Hilton in Virginia.
How does a company with revenue of less than $1 million per year acquire a company with revenue reaching nearly $430 million a year? The small company has something the big company wants.
Recently, a Professional Services Council member company went through a contentious audit at one of its customer agencies. The audit centered on the company's billings for subcontractor costs, an increasingly common area of debate.
After more than two years in Iraq, U.S. contractors involved in reconstruction work may have seen the peak of exorbitant costs of insurance and private security, even as insurgents continue their kidnappings, convoy attacks and suicide bombings.
As a teenager, my summer days were split between working mornings on my grandfather's farm and working evenings in my parents' restaurant. I'm not sure which was tougher: riding out on the wagon to gather the second or third cutting of hay under a broiling sun, or washing dishes and cooking in a hot, cramped kitchen.
The British invasion of the U.S. government IT market continues as QinetiQ Group Plc announced an agreement to buy Top 100 company Apogen Technologies Inc. for about $300 million.
In the two years since the Office of Personnel Management revamped how the federal government posts job listings and accepts resumes online, USAJobs.gov has received more than 130 million unique visits and 1.5 million new resumes.
Industry is voicing cautious optimism about the General Services Administration's plans to reorganize and consolidate its purchasing management, but Congress could delay the agency's action.
